Korean Age Calculator

Your Korean age is calculated by using any of the formulas below:

1. Current year + 1 - Birth year = Korean age

2. Your age + 1 = Korean age

3. Simply use our calculator!

Let's say that you're 23 years old and want to calculate your Korean age manually; it will be 23 + 1, which is 24. So, your Korean age is 24.

Let's try a second example; if someone was born In 1980 and they want to calculate their age in Korea in the year 2012, they proceed as so:

2012 + 1 - 1980 = 33 years old in Korea

Westerns consider a newborn baby to be zero years old, but this is not the case in Korea as newborns are considered one year old. So this makes a one-year-old baby in Korea different from a one-year-old baby in western culture.

Another interesting fact about Korean culture is the time of the year you increase your age. In Korea, you increase your age count on the first day of the of every year (January 1st), not on your birthday. Birthdays are still celebrated in Korea, but they don't signify the day that your age increases. So the time so spent in the womb counts as the first year of your life, even though it was only 9 months.

Even though the Korean age is different from the usual age standards, it is still just a cultural matter and is not used in their passports or birth certificate.

International age is the legal age used in Korea. It is the age used in certificates, passports, and education documents, the same as the western age.

Koreans pay particular attention to cultural matters and value them. The Korean age is a cultural matter, so it comes at no surprise that knowing your Korean age is important in Korea.

As we discussed, knowing your Korean age is essential in Korea. Other than that, age is just generally crucial in Korea. Native Koreans will usually ask your age when initially meeting you for the first time. This is not just to see if you are of age or can drink alcohol; the reasoning for this is that there are different ways of addressing someone in Korean. So, for the natives to figure out how to address you, i.e., according to which formality, they will ask for your age.

A Korean might use any of the questions below to to ask you "How old are you?":

Polite: 나이가 어떻게 돼요? (naiga eotteoke doeyo?)

Formal: 연세가 어떻게 되세요? (yeonsega eotteoke doeseyo?)

Informal: 몇 살이야? (meot sariya?)

When you want to say "I am \_\_ years old.", you will use either one of the statements below that mean "to be". Your age comes before the verb.

Polite: —— _이에요. (_ —— ieyo.)

Formal: —— 입니다. (\_\_\_ imnida.)

Informal: **_이야. (_** iya.)

Age| Korean| Pronunciation

1 year old| 한 살| han sal

2 years old 두 살| du sal

3 years old| 세 살| se sal

4 years old| 네 살| ne sal

5 years old| 다섯 살| da-seot sal

6 years old| 여섯 살| yeo-seot sal

7 years old| 일곱 살| il-gop sal

8 years old|여덟 살| yeo-dul sal

9 years old| 아홉 살| a-hop sal

10 years old| 열 살| a-hop sal

11 years old|열한 살| yeol-han sal

12 years old| 열두 살| yeol-du sal

13 years old| 열세 살| yeol-du sal

14 years old| 열네 살| yeol-ne sal

15 years old| 열다섯 살| yeol-da-seot sal

16 years old| 열여섯 살| yeol-yeo-seot sal

17 years old| 열일곱 살| yeol-il-gop sal

18 years old| 열여덟 살| yeol-yeo-dul sal

19 years old| 열아홉 살| yeol-a-hop sal

20 years old| 스무 살| seu-mu sal

21 years old| 스물한 살| seu-mul-han sal

22 years old| 스물두 살| seu-mul-du sal

23 years old| 스물세 살| seu-mul-se sal

24 years old| 스물네 살| seu-mul-ne sal

25 years old| 스물다섯 살| seu-mul-da-seot sal

26 years old| 스물여섯 살| seu-mul-yeo-seot sal

27 years old| 스물일곱 살| seu-mul-il-gop sal

28 years old| 스물여덟 살| seu-mul-yeo-dul sal

29 years old| 스물아홉 살| seu-mul-a-hop sal

30 years old| 서른 살| seo-reun sal

31 years old| 서른한 살| seo-reun-han sal

32 years old| 서른두 살| seo-reun-du sal

33 years old| 서른세 살| seo-reun-du sal

34 years old| 서른네 살| seo-reun-ne sal

35 years old| 서른다섯 살| seo-reun-da-seot sal

36 years old| 서른여섯 살| seo-reun-yeo-seot sal

37 years old| 서른일곱 살| seo-reun-il-gop sal

38 years old| 서른여덟 살| seo-reun-yeo-dul sal

39 years old| 서른아홉 살| seo-reun-a-hop sal

40 years old| 마흔 살| ma-heun sal

41 years old| 마흔한 살| ma-heun sal

42 years old| 마흔두 살| ma-heun-du sal

43 years old| 마흔세 살| ma-heun-se sal

44 years old| 마흔네 살| ma-heun-ne sal

45 years old| 마흔다섯 살| ma-heun-da-seot sal

46 years old| 마흔여섯 살| ma-heun-yeo-seot sal

47 years old| 마흔일곱 살| ma-heun-il-gop sal

48 years old| 마흔여덟 살| ma-heun-yeo-dul sal

49 years old| 마흔아홉 살| ma-heun-a-hop sal

50 years old| 쉰 살| swin sal

51 years old| 쉰한 살| swin-han sal

52 years old| 쉰두 살| swin-du sal

53 years old| 쉰세 살| swin-se sal

54 years old| 쉰네 살| swin-ne sal

55 years old| 쉰다섯 살| swin-da-seot sal

56 years old| 쉰여섯 살| swin-yeo-seot sal

57 years old| 쉰일곱 살| swin-il-gop sal

58 years old| 쉰여덟 살| swin-yeo-dul sal

59 years old| 쉰아홉 살| swin-a-hop sal

60 years old| 예순 살| ye-sun sal

61 years old| 예순한 살| ye-sun-han sal

62 years old| 예순두 살| ye-sun-du sal

63 years old| 예순세 살| ye-sun-se sal

64 years old| 예순네 살| ye-sun-ne sal

65 years old| 예순다섯 살| ye-sun-da-seot sal

66 years old| 예순여섯 살| ye-sun-yeo-seot sal

67 years old| 예순일곱 살| ye-sun-il-gop sal

68 years old| 예순여덟 살| ye-sun-yeo-dul sal

69 years old| 예순아홉 살| ye-sun-a-hop sal

70 years old| 일흔 살| il-heun sal

71 years old| 일흔한 살| il-heun-han sal

72 years old| 일흔두 살| il-heun-du sal

73 years old| 일흔세 살| il-heun-se sal

74 years old| 일흔네 살| il-heun-ne sal

75 years old| 일흔다섯 살| il-heun-da-seot sal

76 years old| 일흔여섯 살| il-heun-yeo-seot sal

77 years old| 일흔일곱 살| il-heun-il-gop sal

78 years old| 일흔여덟 살| il-heun-yeo-dul sal

79 years old| 일흔아홉 살| il-heun-a-hop sal

80 years old| 여든 살| yeo-deun sal

81 years old| 여든한 살| yeo-deun-han sal

82 years old| 여든두 살| yeo-deun-du sal

83 years old| 여든세 살| yeo-deun-du sal

84 years old| 여든네 살| yeo-deun-ne sal

85 years old| 여든다섯 살| yeo-deun-da-seot sal

86 years old| 여든여섯 살| yeo-deun-yeo-seot sal

87 years old| 여든일곱 살| yeo-deun-il-gop sal

88 years old| 여든여덟 살| yeo-deun-yeo-dul sal

89 years old| 여든아홉 살| yeo-deun-a-hop sal

90 years old| 아흔 살| a-heun sal

91 years old| 아흔한 살| a-heun-han sal

92 years old| 아흔두 살| a-heun-du sal

93 years old| 아흔세 살| a-heun-se sal

94 years old| 아흔네 살| a-heun-ne sal

95 years old| 아흔다섯 살| a-heun-ne sal

96 years old| 아흔여섯 살| a-heun-yeo-seot sal

97 years old| 아흔일곱 살| a-heun-il-gop sal

98 years old| 아흔여덟 살| a-heun-yeo-dul sal

99 years old| 아흔아홉 살| a-heun-a-hop sal

100 years old| 백 살| baek sal